1. used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; - Example: "diachronic linguistics" [syn: diachronic, historical]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
diachronic
adj 1: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language)
as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"
[syn: diachronic, historical] [ant: synchronic]